Make Room For It

 When something is familiar even if its no good for us, the mind has a tendency to hold on to it.

If we do a reflection on our lives and how we live, most of what will come up is that we live our lives based on habits, familiarity, rituals and being in a comfort zone. Humans love control, we love certainty, all of which are huge illusions.

We get into a routine. We train our brain to follow.

We follow what was given from our families.

We settle into a comfort.

We look at what has been done by others.

We take cues from society.

We hold on to many of the sameness, the safety, the comfort, sometimes at our own expense. We slip into these habits and patterns because we are afraid of losing what we know. There is a saying "better the devil you know, than the devil you don't" suggesting that we take less risks, stay in our comfort zones and work with what is in front of us. There may be merit in keeping rituals and values passed down, the question that must be asked- are these habits, rituals, comfort being kept support my growth, development and best life. Or is it in contradiction to how we live our lives.

Let us not allow fear stop us from taking the risks to improving our lives, from holding on to the familiar to avoid disappointing and hurting others yet hurting ourselves more. Let us be mindful that we have the opportunity to curate and design our own lives, keeping in mind that we must have the faith to be divinely guided even if it makes us uncomfortable.

How can you move away from the familiarity, habits, rituals and comfort that no longer serves you with no judgement?

Peace